MBDP-NI: Site details Altacarry Head, Rathlin Island.

Priority species

Altacarry Head, Rathlin Island.

Survey number: 550 Event number: 19850830/03 Date: 1985-08-30 GPS: 55.30633,-6.17650 [ View map ]

Site Description: Slight boulder slope with cobble/pebble mix and some gravel between. Kelp and red algae dominant on top of boulders.

Species list (65 species recorded):

PORIFERA
Aplysilla rosea
Aplysilla sulfurea
Phorbas fictitius
Halichondria panicea
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa
Diphasia rosacea
Obelia geniculata
Actinothoe sphyrodeta
Caryophyllia smithii
ANNELIDA
Alentia gelatinosa
Harmothoe extenuata
Pomatoceros triqueter
Spirorbis sp.
CRUSTACEA
Pandalus montagui
Galathea nexa
Pisidia longicornis
Cancer pagurus
Xantho pilipes
MOLLUSCA
Diodora graeca
Steromphala cineraria
Calliostoma zizyphinum
Trivia arctica
Hinia (Hima) incrassata
Pododesmus patelliformis
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea
Alcyonidium diaphanum
Membranipora membranacea
Electra pilosa
Parasmittina trispinosa
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata
Asterias rubens
Ophiothrix fragilis
Echinus esculentus
TUNICATA
Ascidia conchilega
Ascidia mentula
Pyura microcosmus
Pyura tessellata
PISCES
Myoxocephalus scorpius
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides
Bonnemaisonia intricata
Schmitzia hiscockiana
Rhodophyllis divaricata
Rhodophyllis werneri
Halarachnion ligulatum
Metacallophyllis laciniata
Kallymenia reniformis
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides
Schottera nicaeensis
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius
Plocamium cartilagineum
Lomentaria orcadensis
Rhodymenia ardissonei
Compsothamnion thuyoides
Halurus flosculosus
Pterothamnion plumula
Apoglossum ruscifolium
Cryptopleura ramosa
Delesseria sanguinea
Nitophyllum punctatum
Phycodrys rubens
Brongniartella byssoides
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria
Dictyota dichotoma
Desmarestia dresnayi
Laminaria hyperborea

No biotope record.

PORIFERA
Aplysilla rosea P
Aplysilla sulfurea P
Phorbas fictitius P
Halichondria panicea P
CNIDARIA
Tubularia indivisa P
Diphasia rosacea P
Obelia geniculata P
Actinothoe sphyrodeta P
Caryophyllia smithii P
ANNELIDA
Alentia gelatinosa P
Harmothoe extenuata P
Pomatoceros triqueter P
Spirorbis sp. P
CRUSTACEA
Pandalus montagui P
Galathea nexa P
Pisidia longicornis P
Cancer pagurus P
Xantho pilipes P
MOLLUSCA
Diodora graeca P
Steromphala cineraria P
Calliostoma zizyphinum P
Trivia arctica P
Hinia (Hima) incrassata P
Pododesmus patelliformis P
BRYOZOA
Crisia eburnea P
Alcyonidium diaphanum P
Membranipora membranacea P
Electra pilosa P
Parasmittina trispinosa P
ECHINODERMATA
Henricia oculata P
Asterias rubens P
Ophiothrix fragilis P
Echinus esculentus P
TUNICATA
Ascidia conchilega P
Ascidia mentula P
Pyura microcosmus P
Pyura tessellata P
PISCES
Myoxocephalus scorpius P
RHODOPHYTA
Bonnemaisonia asparagoides P
Bonnemaisonia intricata P
Schmitzia hiscockiana P
Rhodophyllis divaricata P
Rhodophyllis werneri P
Halarachnion ligulatum P
Metacallophyllis laciniata P
Kallymenia reniformis P
Phyllophora pseudoceranoides P
Schottera nicaeensis P
Sphaerococcus coronopifolius P
Plocamium cartilagineum P
Lomentaria orcadensis P
Rhodymenia ardissonei P
Compsothamnion thuyoides P
Halurus flosculosus P
Pterothamnion plumula P
Apoglossum ruscifolium P
Cryptopleura ramosa P
Delesseria sanguinea P
Nitophyllum punctatum P
Phycodrys rubens P
Brongniartella byssoides P
CHROMOPHYTA
Cutleria P
Dictyota dichotoma P
Desmarestia dresnayi P
Laminaria hyperborea P